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Slash Outraces Alice Cooper on BBC’s ‘Top Gear’
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‘Homeless Hotspots’ Ignite Heated Debate
The annual SXSW interactive conference in Austin is sometimes plagued with snail-slow internet speeds (when you can connect at all). But this year it’s been a little easier to find a wifi hotspot: just look for a homeless person. Yes, homeless people are now being used as wifi spots.
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Daily Rewind: Metallica, Bad Company, Kiss + More
Today Metallica makes additions to the Orion Music and More lineup, Bad Company preps for a European tour, and Kiss gets really teed off.
Plus, Sammy Hagar looks forward to a birthday, Slash swaps spit with a giraffe, and we play yet another installment of “guess the ink.”
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Apple Unveils the New iPad — What Will It Do?
While Wednesday’s roll-out of the new generation of Apple’s iPad didn’t have quite the fanfare of prior events helmed by the company’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, that doesn’t mean people weren’t paying attention.
Here’s a quick rundown of the announcement.
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Daily Rewind: Rush, Van Halen, Sammy Hagar + More
Today Rush jumps on the anti-Limbaugh bandwagon, Van Halen’s early days are profiled, and Sammy Hagar has high praise for Ronnie Montrose.
Plus, Jon Stewart interviews The Boss, the Doobie Brothers and Chicago announce a joint tour, and the world bids farewell to Davy Jones.
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Want to See Mercedes’ New Invisible Car?
Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … an invisible Mercedes. What do you mean you can’t look? Oh, right, it’s invisible.
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Bruce Springsteen on Politics: ‘I’d Prefer to Stay on the Sidelines’
When Bruce Springsteen spoke to the press in Paris last month, the outspoken political activist had some choice words for the Obama administration. Now, more of that hour-long press conference has been released.
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Dumb Criminal Pulls ‘Dine and Dash’ In Restaurant Full of Cop Waiters
It’s never a good idea to run up a restaurant tab and then skip out on the bill — and it’s an even worse idea when said eatery is lousy with cops.
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Twisted Sister Plays Benefit Concert for Slain Police Officer
Twisted Sister played a Saturday night concert at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York — and it was all for a good cause.
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Peter Gabriel to Rush Limbaugh: Stop Using ‘Sledgehammer’
If you needed one more reason to love (or, depending on your political leanings, hate) Peter Gabriel, here it is: he’s demanded that his music be pulled from Rush Limbaugh’s radio show.
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Weekend Box Office – ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ Tops the Charts
Theodor Geisel — better known as Dr. Seuss — died more than a decade ago, but his legend lives on. Case in point? The movie ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ opened strong with $70.7 million in revenues, topping the box office charts this weekend.
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Your Girlfriend Isn’t Fat — But There is a Good Chance You Are
New research shows that if you think your wife or girlfriend is fat, you’re probably wrong. Even better? If you think you’re not fat, you’re probably just as wrong. Research — what won’t it prove or disprove?!?